Judge blocks Mississippi clerks from refusing same-*** marriage licenses on religious
 

Judge blocks Mississippi clerks from refusing same-*** marriage licenses on religious grounds
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A federal judge ruled Monday that Mississippi clerks can**t cite their own religious beliefs to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-*** couples.

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U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves' ruling blocks the state from enforcing part of a religious objections bill that was supposed to become law Friday.

Reeves is extending his previous order that overturned Mississippi's ban on same-*** marriage. He says circuit clerks are required to provide equal treatment for all couples, gay or straight.

Mississippi's religious objections measure, House Bill 1523, was filed in response to last summer's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide. That ruling is called the Obergefell case, after the man who filed it. Read more...


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